Will this Cure Me? This week I decided to cure my diabetes. This disease has disrupted my life over and over and I have suffered lots of pain, frustration and even fear over the years. Plus treating it has been pretty expensive both money wise and time wise. I discovered a book by Dr. Jason Fung …
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My weight loss journey continues
It’s all about Food Well, its been a while since I’ve blogged my journey. As I continue eating the “whole30” way, and researching this way of eating (WOE), I am more and more in favor of this WOE. I’ve managed to keep to my 26 pound weight loss (gaining back around 4 pounds from my high …
Encouraged by my Whole30 diet
It Starts With Food Its been a while since I posted because I’ve been in lots of pain and discomfort and extremely busy with helping get our home decluttered so every room can be repainted. I’m also reorganizing all the drawers and closets to clear out stuff we don’t use anymore. We had our old …
Is it worth the pain and depression?
Do you ever get tired of it all? Some days I really do get tired of everything and wonder “why am I still here Lord?” This rarely happens, but when I’ve been in pain for days on end, I can get pretty depressed and think those kind of thoughts. Living with chronic pain Actually I can’t …
Success – Weight is going down!
Weight loss Success Since my last post, I’ve been doing so well. After the 10 pound backsliding gain, I’m doing great with losing that. This morning my scale sat at 261.2 pounds, very close to that 257 I had reached before the holidays. I’m keeping up with my breathing exercises. I’m doing them at least …
One step backward!
Healthy salad Two steps forward, one step Backward – my life! I know my last post was so positive, however, I managed to blow it once again. The holidays got to me and I did a backslide. Actually instead of losing, I managed to gain back up to 269 – instead of losing. I did …
My ongoing weight loss journey through deep breathing!
Losing weight by breathing Yes, I’m continuing my journey using deep breathing for weight loss. I’m still at 20 pounds lost. However, I’m only doing one deep breathing exercise per day (a set of six). And I’m keeping this weight off. This is so exciting for me. I’ve never been able to lose weight and …
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Finally – Weight loss Success!
Finally able to Lose Weight I’ve been carrying around lots of extra weight ever since I was pregnant with my only child. Jennifer was born in 1988 and I gained 60 pounds during my pregnancy – mostly during the last trimester (months 7-9) My back went out on me during my seventh month and I …
I’m healed of feet ulcers at last!
Released from care! Eight days ago I was released as a patient by my wound care doctor. This ended an 8-month journey of severe pain, great fear of amputations and searching for correct care-givers. I can’t explain the sheer joy I’ve felt from being declared “healed” after all this time and all I’ve been through …
Prednisone – handling this strong medicine as a diabetic!
Corticosteroids and Your Blood Glucose Prednisone is considered to be a corticosteriod(which mimics hormones produced by your adrenal glands) and is used to reduce inflammation from many illnesses, like vasculitis, myositis, and rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and others. It is also used to suppress your immune system as in helping to reduce rejection of organs. Corticosteroids can …
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